NCI Drug Dictionary

The NCI Drug Dictionary contains technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer. Each drug entry includes links to check for clinical trials listed in NCI's List of Cancer Clinical Trials.

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A chemotherapy regimen consisting of carboplatin and paclitaxel (Taxol) used for the treatment of endometrial, epithelial ovarian, head and neck, and advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancers. (NCI Thesaurus)